Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 972 To redesignate the Reconstruction Era National Monument as the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 5, 2019 Mr. CLYBURN (for himself and Mr. CUNNINGHAM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To redesignate the Reconstruction Era National Monument as the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reconstruction Era 4 National Historical Park Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. RECONSTRUCTION ERA NATIONAL HISTORICAL 6 PARK. 7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:24 Feb 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H972.IH H972 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 972 IH (1) HISTORICAL PARK.—The term ‘‘historical 1 park’’ means the Reconstruction Era National His- 2 torical Park. 3 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the maps 4 entitled ‘‘Reconstruction Era National Monument 5 Old Beaufort Firehouse’’, numbered 550/135,755 6 and dated January 2017; ‘‘Reconstruction Era Na- 7 tional Monument Darrah Hall and Brick Baptist 8 Church’’, numbered 550/135,756 and dated January 9 2017; and ‘‘Reconstruction Era National Monument 10 Camp Saxton’’, numbered 550/135,757 and dated 11 January 2017, collectively. 12 (3) NETWORK.—The term ‘‘Network’’ means 13 the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network 14 established pursuant to this Act. 15 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 16 the Secretary of the Interior. 17 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 18 (1) REDESIGNATION OF RECONSTRUCTION ERA 19 NATIONAL MONUMENT.— 20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Reconstruction 21 Era National Monument is redesignated as the 22 Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, 23 as generally depicted on the map. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:24 Feb 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H972.IH H972 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 972 IH (B) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any funds 1 available for the purposes of the Reconstruction 2 Era National Monument shall be available for 3 the purposes of the historical park. 4 (C) REFERENCES.—Any references in a 5 law, regulation, document, record, map, or 6 other paper of the United States to the Recon- 7 struction Era National Monument shall be con- 8 sidered to be a reference to the historical park. 9 (2) BOUNDARY EXPANSION.— 10 (A) BEAUFORT NATIONAL HISTORIC LAND- 11 MARK DISTRICT.—Subject to subparagraph (D), 12 the Secretary is authorized to acquire land or 13 interests in land within the Beaufort National 14 Historic Landmark District that has historic 15 connection to the Reconstruction Era. Upon fi- 16 nalizing an agreement to acquire land, the Sec- 17 retary shall expand the boundary of the histor- 18 ical park to encompass the property. 19 (B) ST. HELENA ISLAND.—Subject to sub- 20 paragraph (D), the Secretary is authorized to 21 acquire the following and shall expand the 22 boundary of the historical park to include ac- 23 quisitions under this authority: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:24 Feb 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H972.IH H972 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 972 IH (i) Land and interests in land adja- 1 cent to the existing boundary on St. Hel- 2 ena Island, South Carolina, as reflected on 3 the map. 4 (ii) Land or interests in land on St. 5 Helena Island, South Carolina, that has a 6 historic connection to the Reconstruction 7 Era. 8 (C) CAMP SAXTON.—Subject to subpara- 9 graph (D), the Secretary is authorized to accept 10 administrative jurisdiction of Federal land or 11 interests in Federal land adjacent to the exist- 12 ing boundary at Camp Saxton, as reflected on 13 the map. Upon finalizing an agreement to ac- 14 cept administrative jurisdiction of Federal land 15 or interests in Federal land, the Secretary shall 16 expand the boundary of the historical park to 17 encompass that Federal land or interests in 18 Federal land. 19 (D) LAND ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The 20 Secretary may only acquire land under this Act 21 by donation, exchange or purchase with donated 22 funds. 23 (c) ADMINISTRATION.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:24 Feb 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H972.IH H972 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 972 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin- 1 ister the historical park in accordance with this Act 2 and with the laws generally applicable to units of the 3 National Park System. 4 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—If the management 5 plan for the Reconstruction Era National Monu- 6 ment— 7 (A) has not been completed on or before 8 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 9 shall incorporate all provisions of this Act into 10 the planning process and complete a manage- 11 ment plan for the historical park within 3 12 years; and 13 (B) has been completed on or before the 14 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 15 shall update the plan incorporating the provi- 16 sions of this Act. 17 SEC. 3. RECONSTRUCTION ERA NATIONAL HISTORIC NET- 18 WORK. 19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 20 (1) establish, within the National Park Service, 21 a program to be known as the ‘‘Reconstruction Era 22 National Historic Network’’; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:24 Feb 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H972.IH H972 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •HR 972 IH (2) not later than 1 year after the date of the 1 enactment of this Act, solicit proposals from sites in- 2 terested in being a part of the Network; and 3 (3) administer the Network through the Recon- 4 struction Era National Historical Park. 5 (b) DUTIES OF SECRETARY.—In carrying out the 6 Network, the Secretary shall— 7 (1) review studies and reports to complement 8 and not duplicate studies of the historical impor- 9 tance of Reconstruction Era that may be underway 10 or completed, such as the National Park Service Re- 11 construction Handbook and the National Park Serv- 12 ice Theme Study on Reconstruction; 13 (2) produce and disseminate appropriate edu- 14 cational and promotional materials relating to the 15 Reconstruction Era and the sites in the network, 16 such as handbooks, maps, interpretive guides, or 17 electronic information; 18 (3) enter into appropriate cooperative agree- 19 ments and memoranda of understanding to provide 20 technical assistance; 21 (4)(A) create and adopt an official, uniform 22 symbol or device for the Network; and 23 (B) issue regulations for the use of the symbol 24 or device adopted under subparagraph (A); and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:24 Feb 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H972.IH H972 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 7 •HR 972 IH (5) conduct research relating to Reconstruction 1 and the Reconstruction Era. 2 (c) ELEMENTS.—The Network shall encompass the 3 following elements— 4 (1) all units and programs of the National Park 5 Service that are determined by the Secretary to re- 6 late to the Reconstruction Era; 7 (2) other Federal, State, local, and privately 8 owned properties that the Secretary determines— 9 (A) relate to the Reconstruction Era; and 10 (B) are included in, or determined by the 11 Secretary to be eligible for inclusion in, the Na- 12 tional Register of Historic Places; and 13 (3) other governmental and nongovernmental 14 sites, facilities, and programs of an educational, re- 15 search, or interpretive nature that are directly re- 16 lated to the Reconstruction Era. 17 (d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDA 18 OF UNDERSTANDING.—To achieve the purposes of this 19 Act and to ensure effective coordination of the Federal 20 and non-Federal elements of the Network and units and 21 programs of the National Park Service, the Secretary may 22 enter into cooperative agreements and memoranda of un- 23 derstanding with, and provide technical assistance to, the 24 heads of other Federal agencies, States, units of local gov- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:24 Feb 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H972.IH H972 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 8 •HR 972 IH ernment, regional governmental bodies, and private enti- 1 ties. 2 (e) NETWORK DEFINED.—The term ‘‘Network’’ 3 means the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network 4 established pursuant to this Act. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:24 Feb 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H972.IH H972 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS